I haven’t got this completely worked out myself yet. I am toying with the idea of having one large everyday binder — the fancy expensive kind with the folder pockets in the front, and dividers for each subject. The main reason I am looking at this is that my boys need to take their work back and forth to my office daily. One binder to tug along that has folders for “today’s work” and “completed work” for marking would be helpful. I could mark the work later in the day and insert the pages into the correct section of the binder. I could transfer pages to another subject specific binder as needed. It’s a theory and I’m not yet sure how it will work out.
My other idea is a “workbox” related idea with a portable file-folder box, but I would still have to tranfer pages, and it would mean tranferring more pages on a regular basis into more binders. A definate pain in the neck.
This year we had one Binder each for Math, Science, Bible and Language Arts (copy work, grammar, etc.). I think we actually went through a couple math binders. I will be emptying them out at the end of this year (boys want to have a bonfire) so we can start over again next year without purchasing new.
I’ve also been debating using spiral notebooks that can be put into a 3 ring binder for some subjects like copy work/dictation.
I guess I’m struggling with this one a bit, too, so I’ll be watching this thread for other suggestions.